Updating your Aggressive stocks: FirstService, Colliers & Leon’s Furniture

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FIRSTSERVICE CORP. $183 (www.firstservice.com) is a buy. The company provides property management services to businesses and individuals. Those services include collecting monthly condominium maintenance fees, preparing financial statements, and providing on-site security and property cleaning/maintenance. FirstService’s earnings will probably improve 12% to $4.73 U.S. a share in 2023, and the stock trades at 28.8 times that forecast. That’s a reasonable multiple due to FirstService’s strong brands and high recurring revenue. FirstService is a buy. COLLIERS INTERNATIONAL GROUP INC. $132 (www.colliers.com)is a buy. This company offers a range of real estate services, including helping clients buy and sell commercial properties and secure financing. Colliers often uses acquisitions to fuel its growth and enter new markets. To cut the risk to investors, it tends to focus on smaller, easier to absorb businesses. It also retains the managers of those companies to keep things running smoothly. Collier’s recent purchases should lift its projected earnings by 5% in 2023 to $7.45 U.S. a share. The stock trades at just 13.2 times…